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Thursday, October 22, 2020

Bolivia: The people defeat the coup

By Federico Fuentes* October 22, 2020 Bolivians have overwhelmingly voted the left-wing Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) back into office in ...

Sunday, August 9, 2020

Bolivia’s Perfect Storm: Pandemic, Economic crisis, Repressive coup regime

COB mobilization marches through El Alto Photo by La Razón Introduction The rising toll of diseased and deceased from the Covid-19 pandemic...

Sunday, May 3, 2020

Venezuela and Bolivia: Contrasting responses to COVID-19 pandemic

Troops impose lockdown restrictions outside a supermarket in La Paz, Bolivia. An opinion piece published in the May 1 Globe and Mail offere...

Thursday, February 27, 2020

In the wake of a right-wing racist coup, Bolivia’s MAS struggles to regain the initiative

Introduction What happened in Bolivia in October and November may best be described, perhaps, as an unfolding coup: a rapidly escalating suc...

Tuesday, May 21, 2019

Exploring the Indigenous background to Bolivia’s ‘Process of change’

The Five Hundred Year Rebellion: Indigenous Movements and the Decolonization of History in Bolivia , by Benjamin Dangl, AK Press 2019 Two hi...

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